Portishead Cover ABBA's "SOS" for New Tom Hiddleston Film High-Rise

Plus, Geoff Barrow's Beak> soundtrack new film Couple in a Hole

Tom Spray

Photo by Joe Tangari

Ben Wheatley's film adaptation of J.G. Ballard's 1975 novel High-Rise, which tells the story of class struggles and violent intrigue in an apartment building, is currently making the festival rounds. (It screens this weekend at the London Film Festival). It stars Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, and Elisabeth Moss. Today, Portishead announced their contribution to the film: a cover of the ABBA song "SOS". (The film was scored primarily by Clint Mansell.)

In other Portishead-related film news, Beak>–Geoff Barrow's not-Portishead band—have soundtracked Couple in a Hole, an upcoming movie directed by Tom Geens. It stars Kate Dickie and Paul Higgins as a couple who begin living in a cave in the woods. The movie premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, is also screening at the London Film Festival, and will be released in April 2016, as will the soundtrack. Below, watch a trailer that includes some music.